Sort of like Godwin's law or along those lines. Doesn't have to be anything others acknowledge or follow, but any 'dopers have any thing like that that they secretly believe or follow?

Here's mine:

XT's law of pizza in the work place-ask any group of cow-orkers what sorts of pizza they will want and they will desire all sorts of strange pizzas with all sorts of (mainly vegetable based) gloop. However, when the pizzas are actually set out and devoured, inevitably they will eat the one pizza that I want (and the corollary...they only order ONE of these because 'no one likes that') to eat, while at the end the several pizzas ordered with the gloop will still mainly be there at the end (there is another corollary about how at least half of the gloop pizzas will be left for every non-XT standard/XT edible pizza ordered).

The quality of a pizza place is inversely proportional to the number of restaurants in the chain.

If there's any possible way to misinterpret instructions, someone will find it.

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Along that line, XT's 4th law of IT....never trust a skinny IT tech (this is similar to the law to never trust a skinny chef). There are several collieries concerning fitness and IT techs or IT techs who only eat healthy food as well.

Gym Buddy Law: the guy who has the locker next to you will show up as you try to get dressed for exercise, crowding the immediate area.

The Loneliness Corollary: If you go into an empty locker room and pick a locker, when you return to that empty locker room, the locker next to you will have been taken, and will most likely lead to the Gym Buddy law.

The Parking Lot Corollary: If you park in an empty lot, and make a quick stop in a store, when you leave you will find some moron has parked right next to you even though the lot is empty.

Robot Arm's First Law of Comic Book Movies: When casting the lead role in a movie based on a comic book, get an actor who can be convincing as the alter ego. Christoper Reeve was good as Clark Kent. Tobey Maguire was good as Peter Parker. Robert Downey Jr. was good as Tony Stark. Anybody can put on a superhero suit.

Robot Arm's Law of the Emasculated Sci-Fi Badass: The more menacing and memorable the villain in a science-fiction movie, the greater the chance that he will become a good guy in the sequel(s).

1. Determine if the work really needs to be done.
2. See if there a workaholic around willing to do it.
3. Carefully plan the most efficient path to good enough.
4. Don't let anybody else hinder.
5. Get it over with.
6. Resume rest

The August West Law of Consistent Mediocrity: If you want to make a billion dollars, make a product that is consistently mediocre. I developed this law when I was eating dinner at a Pizza Hut, but it also applies to Bud Light and many other products.

The August West Law of Nocturnal Immensity: When camping in a tent, any animal heard near the tent will sound at least 2x larger than it actually is.

While it's not coming up with a new law, Murphy's Law is one of the best ways for a layman to handle legal questions - just assume that every loophole and and interpretation will go the opposite of the way you want, and you'll be OK. So the practical answer to a question like "are oral contracts binding in court?" is "Yes if it's bad for you, no if it helps you."

More of a rule than a law, it's the Core Competency Rule. I developed this obvious-as-shit rule after going to my favorite pizzeria and thinking, "hmm, I'm more in the mood for fish and chips tonight," and ordering fish and chips, and they sucked.

The rule is this: when a restaurant has a core competency, order that. Don't go to a Chinese buffet and get their mac and cheese. Don't go to a seafood restaurant and order the steak. And ferchrissake, when you go to a pizzeria, get a fuckin pizza.

The Law of Relatives: They come on the weekend, and eat you out of house and home.The Unspeakable Rule: If it's good, and you mention it, it goes away. If it's bad, and you mention it, it happens.50/50/90 Rule: If you have a 50-50 chance of being right, 90% of the time you will be wrong.

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